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The intermediate host hypothesis was deemed "likely to very likely", while the theory that the virus escaped from a lab was seen as "extremely unlikely", according to a copy of the long-awaited final report obtained by AFP before its official release.
Washington expressed concerns after President Joe Biden, who took office on Jan. 20, ceased the process of withdrawing the United States from the WHO, which former President Donald Trump had criticized as being China-centric.
The virus most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species, Peter Ben Embarek, the leader of the WHO team and a food safety specialist, said at a press conference after its joint investigation with Chinese experts.
The administration of former US President Donald Trump advanced a theory the Wuhan Institute of Virology might be the origin of the pandemic-causing virus, claiming some researchers there developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the fall of 2019. China rejects the allegation.
